Cattle price rise continues
Numbers of cattle on offer at yesterday’s sales were maintained or increased on last week and matched by a good attendance of buyers at the ringsides where there was a greater sense of confidence in the trade forward.
At Bandon Mart there was “a very good trade at a fine sale of cattle” with the emphasis on quality maintained. Forward continental bullocks sold for up to €290 over euro/kg while the heavy Friesian bullocks ranged €55 - €90 over.
A 605kg Charolais sold for €810, a lot of five Charolais weighing 536kgs made €805, 12 Limousin scaling 496kgs fetched €785, seven Friesians weighing 521kg made €610 and 10 Angus 328kg made €460. The good trade last week for heifers was maintained. Forward continental heifers made up to €155 over.
A good entry of 900 head at Kilkenny was matched by a very lively trade with quality bullocks and heifers showing an improvement of €40 - €50/head especially for the quality animals. The heavy bullocks made €90 - €370 over euro/kg, medium weights topping at €230 over and light stores making up to €200 over. Up to €270 over was paid for beef heifers, with stores making up to €250 over.
There was a big sale at Ennis Mart where there was an improvement in prices for older cattle and the forward stores with 2003-born bullocks showing gains of up to €30/head. The 2004-born store bullocks were stronger by €10 - €15/head and heifers improved by up to €20/head.
